Report from Itoo Hall

[flipper]

flip, this is a topic that's interesting to me, and I can accept that people have differing opinions.
But I believed BU had the best backcourt in the Valley last year, and that Daniel Ruffin was the best PG.
I feel today that the fact have vindicated me even tho you might recall a lot of people on the other board ripped into me royally for saying that.
But in the end, DRuff was clearly the best PG, and the quartet of Tony Bennett, DRuff, JJ Tauai, and Will played at least as well as any teams group of guards in the Valley.

It will always have a subjective component, but I think BU's guards will be as good as anyone's.
To say WSU's backcourt blows everyone else away, is to ignore the fact that the very best returning PG they have wasn't even in the top two on HIS OWN TEAM in assists and wasn't in the top six on the team in scoring.

The WSU PG finished 20th in the MVC in assists per game!!
and the guy on the team who led Wichita in assists (PJ Couisnard with 99) also led the team in turnovers, and was among the league's leaders in turnovers.
The WSU PG, Braeueur, would have 4th in assists on the Braves with the stats he had.

So, I don't hand the title to the Shox just yet, let's see how it plays out.

i think you make some good points.i couldn't agree more. les also face the fact that for many games last season cellus played poorly which was unusal for him, which means the others picked up the slack. there are gonna be alot more shots available, i betting will franklin is gonna have a coming out party big time.

[dogsrus]

Another thing to consider is that your pg's are only going to be as good as the team around them to a certain extent.

We saw an increase in our pg's performance as the players around him/them improved.

I wouldn't say BU's is the best but I wouldn't put any combo in "another league".

BU's guards are really going to be relied upon to make are somewhat weaker frontcourt better.

Defense, low turnovers and rebounding (for Squirrel) will be more importaint, if thats possible, then ever.

[Chico]

Where are all these old time posters?

[tornado]

Where are all these old time posters?

good question - but I can sure tell you where they were NOT...
Big Mike & I checked all over the place at the Itoo and not a sign of any of them...go figure.